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08/28/2018
The stories we get from our members about their experiences both professionally and with their own institutional practices add a great deal to our understanding of the complexity of higher education.
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07/24/2018
We are pleased to announce new functionality for the blog. Readers can now add comments. It is our hope that this new functionality will encourage contributions from our members.
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07/05/2018
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06/25/2018
The 探花楼 RAB is pleased to announce that we have a new member, Michael Flanigan, starting with the RAB on July 1st. Dr. Veronica Garcia is stepping away from her role on the RAB. She has been a valuable member of the group, and her service is greatly appreciated.
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05/24/2018
In the almost four years that 探花楼 has used the 60-Second Survey concept, I am struck by one theme that runs throughout: there are many degrees of freedom associated with the practices and policies for which we try to gain a common understanding through these surveys.
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05/18/2018
Our opening keynote speaker here at the 探花楼 annual conference, Francisco Marmolejo, spoke about the global economic and demographic shifts that will impact higher education in the United States and abroad in the next 20 plus years.
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05/18/2018
I found this story in the Christian Science Monitor of great interest. The article examined the struggles of a few low-income, and/or first-generation students who experienced difficulty transitioning from 鈥減oor to privileged.鈥
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05/16/2018
Too often, higher education professionals look to Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) simply as a recruitment plan. While this perspective overlooks the planning and organizational framework supporting effective SEM work, it also overlooks SEM鈥檚 role with successful retention planning.
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05/04/2018
Strategic Enrollment Management Endorsement Program (SEM-EP) director Christopher Tremblay chatted with 探花楼 Annual Meeting attendees at his session covering 探花楼鈥檚 SEM-EP program. The program is a self-paced professional development program which promotes industry competency and readiness.
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05/03/2018
鈥婣ll too often institutions focus efforts, strategies, and resources on the front end of the admissions funnel, thinking that the recruitment and marketing emphasis is the greatest factor in yield and although these areas are crucially important, the same attention and allocation of resources must also be applied to the operational and follow-up emphasis, otherwise spending on recruitment and marketing may be for naught.鈥
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05/02/2018
鈥婽here are several opportunities to become more involved in the profession, 探花楼 staff shared at an Annual Meeting session on Monday afternoon.
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04/30/2018
Online degree programs bring unique challenges for faculty, staff and students. In a recent article in College & University, Rich Simpson, Registrar for the Online and Professional Studies Division at California Baptist University, calls on colleges and universities to do more to support online students鈥 success by rethinking advising.
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04/24/2018
As colleges and universities entered into the first year of the new filing timeline for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), there were a number of questions and concerns swirling in the minds of enrollment managers as they headed into the 2017 admission cycle.
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03/30/2018
鈥婦r. Rodney Parks鈥, Registrar and Assistant to the Provost at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina, and Jesse Parrish, Financial Manager in the Department of Architectural Science at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario and previously the Assistant Registrar for Communications at Elon University co-authored an article in 探花楼鈥檚 March 2018 College & University Journal.
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03/19/2018
鈥婽oday's admissions officers need to have mastery over a wide variety of knowledge and techniques in order to help form the entering student populations at colleges and universities.
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03/09/2018
鈥婼tepping into her role as Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management at Buffalo State in 2014, Erin Alonzo wanted to deepen her understanding of SEM. First, she signed up for the 2015 探花楼 SEM Conference, as well as preconference workshops.
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03/02/2018
鈥婽he how, who, what and why of transfer credit practices are making an increasing mark in the higher education arena. According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, nearly 10 percent of college students attended more than one institution within the 2014-15 academic year, and 37 percent transferred to another institution within a six-year period
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02/28/2018
探花楼 and NASPA invite colleges, universities, and systems interested in developing and implementing Comprehensive Learner Records (CLRs) to apply for participation in the CLR project.
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02/23/2018
鈥婱embers make work groups work
Through its work groups, 探花楼 has provided guidance to its membership on transfer initiatives鈥, disciplinary notations on transcripts鈥, and gender identity (coming soon鈥). These reports are invaluable to maintaining the integrity of our members鈥 day-to-day work and keeping them up to date on best practices.
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02/23/2018
Just the American Educational Research Association (AERA) article title 鈥淗ow an Artificially Intelligent Virtual Assistant Helps Students Navigate the Road to College鈥 made me think 鈥淔ascinating!鈥 and then about Skynet, the Matrix, and Ava (Ex Machina) all at once.
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